All of the wrestlers who will be competing at OKTAGON 51 tomorrow night, December 29, officially weighed in today. The loaded card includes the final of the European MMA Champions League, as well as an exciting fight for the interim middleweight title. 20,000 fans inside Prague’s O2 Arena will also witness open scoring for the first time so athletes and their teams know exactly where they stand at the end of each round. We’re about to say goodbye to 2023 with a bang!
OKTAGON 51 will be broadcast live on OKTAGON.TV internationally and globally on the global platform DAZN, in all markets except CZ/SK/DE. Fans in the UK and Ireland can tune in on Channel 4 and RMC Sport will broadcast the event for viewers in France. OKTAGON 51 will be broadcast exclusively on BILD+ in the DACH region. The action starts at 5pm GMT/6pm CET/12pm ET/9am CT.
In the main event, the overall winner of the €1 million Tipsport Gamechanger welterweight tournament will be decided when Serbian Bojan Veličković (24-12-2) takes on Greek Spartan Andreas Michailidis (16-6), in an exchange of life. €300,000. Lethal finalist Vlasto Čepo (12-2) will face Babilon MMA champion Piotr Wawrzyniak (11-5) in the co-main event for the interim middleweight belt.
Czech superstar Karlos Vémola (36-7) will grace Prague’s O2 Arena for the final time when he takes on his longtime rival ‘Pirát’ Krištofič (16-6) in a special catchweight fight 88.5kg/195lb. Former Glory kickboxer Daniel Škvor (6-3) will take on the man known as ‘King Kong’, Martin Zawada (29-18-1), at light heavyweight.
Elsewhere on the card, devastating striker Ion Surdu (14-5) takes on former Cage Warriors and Venator FC champion Stefano Paternò (15-4-1) in a Tipsport Gamechanger reserve bout. Additionally, Bellator veteran Chiara Penco (8-4) returns to the promotion against French all-rounder Eva Dourthe (7-5) to decide the next strawweight contender.
OKTAGON 51 Weigh-In Results Main Event Main Event Tipsport Gamechanger Final Bojan Veličković (77 kg/170 lbs) vs. Andreas Michailidis (76.9 kg/170 lbs) Co-Main EventOKTAGON MMA Interim Middleweight Title Vlasto Čepo (83.7 kg/185 lbs) vs. Piotr Wawrzyniak (83.9 kg/185 lbs) Caught weight (88.5 kg/195 lbs)Karlos Vémola (88.45 kg/195 lbs) vs. Samuel ‘Pirát’ Krištofič (88.4 kg/195 lbs) Light HeavyweightDaniel Škvor (93 kg/205 lbs) vs. Martin Zawada (92.9 kg/205 lbs) Tipsport Gamechanger Reserve BoutIon Surdu (77.5 kg/171 lbs) vs. Stefano Paternò (77.55 kg/171 lbs) Weight caught on the preliminary card (68 kg/150 lbs) Karol Ryšavý (67.95 kg/150 lbs) vs. Henrique Madureira (67.95 kg/150 lbs) Strawweight #1 Contender Chiara Penco (52.55 kg/116 lbs) Vs. Eva Dourthe (52.4 kg/116 lbs) Featherweight Radek Roušal (66.2 kg/146 lbs) vs. Kallum Parker (66.3 kg/146 lbs) Caught weight (55 kg/121 lbs) Magdalena Šormová (54.8 kg/121 lbs) vs. Mallory Martin (54.4 kg/120 lbs) Lightweight Tomáš Fiala (70.55 kg/156 lbs) vs. *Hassan Shaaban (71.5 kg/158 lbs)* Shaaban missed weight by 0.7 kg/2 lbs but the fight will continue as scheduled
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